Question 194 · LDEK · Abscesses and phlegmons
While performing an incision of a submandibular abscess, the surgeon needs to consider the location of:
- A. sublingual nerve.
- B. Stensen’s duct.
- C. Wharton’s duct.
- D. marginal mandibular branch of the facial nerve.
- E. lingual artery.
Hint
Identify the structure that runs along, or even below, the lower border of the mandible in the submandibular region.
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